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‘Once in a lifetime’ moment meteor explodes in night sky above a castle
Nick Jackson caught the sublime spectacle on camera from Shropshire, during an Orionids meteor shower
Farmer who left dead cattle to fester fined for breaching laws designed to curb mad cow disease
David Gow left four dead cows "at varying states of decomposition" near Abingdon in Oxfordshire
Professor sacked from the Royal Academy of Music after students complained she called violinists “gypos”
Dr Francesca Carpos-Young is suing the Academy who she claims have ruined her reputation and said she was only telling students the kind of slang used in orchestras.
Government needs to adopt ‘circular economy’ to combat supermarket food waste
Wartime Britain saw the development of a “circular economy”, designed to save precious resources. Now, researchers at the University of Huddersfield argue there is an urgent need to develop a modern equivalent, to help eliminate supermarket food waste. They claim that cities and regions can reduce the burden of waste if they encourage circular thinking as a way of distributing unsold food, but central government policy lags behind the developments in technology that would enable it. The researchers have also...
Johnson & Gove should be locked up over Brexit lies, says Alan Sugar
Outspoken businessman and Apprentice host, Alan Sugar, blasted Boris Johnson and Michael Gove over their comments leading up to the Brexit vote, in 2016. He said the pair should be put in jail for lying and deceiving the public, especially regarding the £350m more to spend on NHS a week, post-Brexit. Sugar even claimed the referendum result should be classed as void, as the public were “totally misled.” He told the House of Lords: "No such process exists for claims...
Suspected car thief who crashed into group of pedestrians outside London mosque appeared in court
Martin Stokes, 24, is accused of hit and run crash in Cricklewood
Huge public support for anti-austerity policies in budget, poll finds
After PM announced the end of austerity, poll shows even Conservative voters think it’s time to give public sector workers a pay rise The British public overwhelmingly support measures to end austerity in next week’s Budget, exclusive polling by Survation for GMB reveals. The results also show a large majority of people (68%) backed a real terms pay rise for millions of public sector workers. Those polled also wanted the Chancellor to announce the following measures: Increased public investment in...
Universal Credit causing major hardship, says report
More people are worse off under Universal Credit, according to a report published by a cross-party committee of MPs. Following evidence given by organisations including Mind and anti-poverty charity The Trussell Trust, the Public Accounts Committee has published their latest report which adds to the growing concern surrounding Universal Credit. Responding to the report, Director of External Relations at Mind, Sophie Corlett said:“Today’s hard-hitting report from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) adds to mounting concerns about Universal Credit. The damning...
Fragile seashores were “cradle of evolution” for first fish
Fish originated in shallow ocean waters - such as lagoons - some 480 to 360 million years ago before diversifying